Concerts!

Hey, are you going to eleven concerts in the next two months? You're not?!? I think you should. All the best bands are coming to the Bay Area (and, in one unique personal exception, London), and since it apparently just rains every day now, why not spend some time warm and dry in a cozy concert venue?

Here's ten great shows I'm going to, as well as one great show that I can't go to, but bought tickets to because I'm an idiot. Even this list is probably incomplete. (For instance, it doesn't include my spiritual advisor Chance the Rapper, playing at the Oracle on April 26. Chance is a wonderful human being and everything he does makes me happy, and yet I just saw him a couple months ago and I'm not sure I want to see a weeknight arena show. Anyway, I could definitely be talked into that one.)

Anyway, hope to see you at some/all of these shows!

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2/20 (Mon.) - Cloud Nothings @ Independent

2/22 (Wed.) - Rural Alberta Advantage @ Bottom of the Hill

2/24 (Fri.) - Los Campesinos! @ Great American Music Hall

3/7 (Tue.) - Big Thief @ Rickshaw Stop

3/14 (Tue.) - Japandroids/Craig Finn @ Fillmore

3/15 (Wed.) - Jeff Rosenstock @ Slim's

3/23 (Thur.) - Allison Crutchfield @ Rickshaw Stop 

[I cannot attend this concert, as I will be on a flight to London. However, I bought two tickets to this show because I thought that flight was on Friday. In fact, it lands on Friday. So ... does anyone want two free tickets to a killer show?]

3/26 (Sun.) - Martha @ Scala (London) 

[Maybe unlikely that anyone reading this will also be in London at the end of March, but hey, if you are, this is going to be incredible.]

4/13 (Thu.) - New Pornographers/Waxahatchee @ The Fox

4/24 (Mon.) - San Fermin @ Independent

4/28 (Fri.) - The 1975 @ Bill Graham Civic

Concerts!

Apart from Outside Lands, late-summer was a slow concert-going season for me.

Fall looks to be a lot better, even though Ilana and I will be out of town for large parts of it.

Concerts!

October 6 - CSS @ The Fillmore
October 7 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Fox Theater (Oakland)
October 20 - Paul Simon @ Greek Theater (Berkeley)
October 23 - Saves the Day @ The Fillmore
November 3 - Architecture in Helsinki @ The Fillmore
November 19 - Noel Gallagher @ Orpheum Theater
December 13 - Kooks @ The Fillmore

Concerts You Should Go To Since I Will be Out of Town

September 27 - Dominant Legs @ Cafe Du Nord
September 28 - Portugal.  The Man @ Avalon (Santa Clara)
October 15 - Fountains of Wayne @ Slim's
October 15 and 16 - Treasure Island Music Festival

Drive By Truckers - "The Thanksgiving Filter"

Drive By Truckers - "The Thanksgiving Filter"


Playing the Fillmore this Friday and Saturday! I'm going Friday. You should, too. Or, if Saturday works better for you, I have two tickets I can't use if you want them.

Concerts! Free Energy at The Independent Thursday Night

Free Energy - "I'm Going Down"

Get your tickets here.

Concerts! Old 97's at the Fillmore Tomorrow Night

On the off chance anyone reads this before Saturday night and wants to come see Old 97's at the Fillmore with JD and me, here are a couple songs in an attempt to win you over.

Old 97's - "Bird In A Cage"
Old 97's - "Can't Get A Line"

And here's a link to an old post that has a few more.